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Heybeliada - Iliasko Ikiz Evleri
Iliasko Ikiz Evleri on the other side of the coach stop. Formerly the Hotel de la Grèce; guests included King Paul of Greece in 1921 and Greek Prime Minister Elefterios Venizelos in 1933.
Heybeliada - Statue of Yesari Asim Arsoy
In a little park next to the Naval High School there is a statue of Yesari Asim Arsoy (1896-1992), famous as the composer of a song celebrating Heybeli (see below in the description of Çam Limanı).
Heybeliada - The Naval High School
The Naval High School was founded in 1773 as the Mektebi Bahriye and moved to Heybeliada in the mid-nineteenth century. After the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923 the school was renamed the Naval War Academy (Deniz Harb Okulu). When the Naval War Academy was moved to Tuzla in 1985 the school on Heybeliada became the Naval High School (Deniz Lisesi). Among the foreign heads of state who were received here were King Paul of Greece (1952), Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia (1954), Shah Riza Pahlavi of Iran (1976), and Prime Minister Zülfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan (1976), all of whom arrived aboard the Savarona, Atatürk’s presidential yacht.
Heybeliada - The Ben Yazkor Synagogue
The Ben Yazkor Synagogue is on Orhon Sokaği in the Kuyu Mahalle, north of the village center. The former Greek Primary School is close by on Heybeli Mektebi Sokağı. The mosque, Heybeliada Camii, is on Hafız Kaptan Sokağı at the northwest side of the village.